Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan has suggested that “Turkey may break off negotiations with the EU” if necessary given the attitude shown by the EU-27, criticising a recent European Parliament (EP) report on Turkey that Ankara claims was based on “populism”, “prejudice” and “misinformation” from anti-Turkish circles.
In it, the EP argued that Turkey needs a complete turnaround in its foreign policy – specifically in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, in reference to Greece and Cyprus – in order for EU accession negotiations to resume. The criticised report also claimed that Turkey is backsliding on human rights and democratic standards, an analysis that was also criticised in a statement from the Turkish foreign ministry, which expressed hope that the new EP that emerges from the upcoming elections would “act in a neutral, rational and constructive manner“.
“The EU is trying to distance itself from Turkey. We can also make our own analysis, and based on that, we could break off our negotiations with the EU if necessary,” Erdoğan said before leaving for New York to attend the UN General Assembly.
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Pablo Gómez is a specialist in Turkey and has been editor-in-chief of Hispanatolia since 2011. He has been analysing current affairs and geopolitics in Turkey and the surrounding region since 2006.
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